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Poplar rips Wolf Point
68-48
D 74 - one of two major claims against U.S. by Sioux
No oil yet at Wenona Well
POPLAR There is a slated showfrig of oi at tie Wenona Wei, Trbai Chatman Norman Hotow said, but to what extant, he said he dd not know as of press tkne late Thursday.
Hoftaw said he knows they have been doing testtig and vm soon be bokkrg over 1b logs, and when they do Ws, Jtb Tribes vM be ki a better position to know I foe is wei at tie Wenona Wei site, the fist ftly ttafly ftancsd wel undertaken by tB Fort Peck Tribes.
The Tribes afccated$6BQyOOO ii tribal monies to finance Wenona
The 01 and Gas Committee
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met benra dchbo floors on Thursday, Feb. 23, and could not be reached for comment Oi and Gas Consultant Jim Thar ton, ton Rterton, Wy, was meetu with tie conmRtee of tie Tribes charged with aw seeing ol and gas flevetepnent on the Fort Peck Reservation.
The 01 and Gas Committee and tie 01 and Gas office manager Ann Lambert were ki charge of hiring on tie ws$ TERO was not biudued Lam-
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Den couu not oe reacneo tor couiiiat after numerous at-tempts by tie Wotanki
25$
February 24, 1984
Vol. 15 No. 4
Sec. of Interior, oil co. named in suit by Tribes
by Minnie Two Shoes
The Ft. Peck Tribes went to the Federal court in Great Falls with.a lawsuit against several oil companies for their involvement with the leasing and development of tribal and allotted lands in the area on the reservation known as the Murphy Field. The suit calls for "a survey and an accounting of all oil and gas and oil and gas proceedings," said Tribal Attorney Marvin Sonosky in a telephone interview recently. The suit also asks for the recovery of certain lands and leases.
The lawsuit, filed Jan. 5, names the Secretary of the Interior for his failure to oer-form his responsibilities as the manager of oil and gas
development on the reservation on behalf of the Tribes and allotteed land owners, said Sonosky.
The Secretary of the Interior is charged with negotiating and setting up a unitization agreement, and then not monitoring the oil and gas production in that area, said Sonosky. "When you get a lease check, how do
you know it's right?" questioned Sonosky. The Tribes and the allotted land owners must depend upon the BIA to make sure that all is right when the oil companies come in with their lease rental and royalty checks. "They (the BIA) should be sueing the oil companies," said Sonosky, "not the Tribes."
The lands and leases in question are in an area northeast of Poplar known as the Murphy Field. Murphy Oil,
(Cont.p. 13 - Lawsuit)
Sioux Accept D 74 settlement offer, support Black Hills proposal
Poplar fire victim positively identified
Poplar�Positive identification through fingerprints by the FBIA lab In Washington, DC had confirmed that it was John Red Thunder's body that was found in a burning Poplar house Feb. 10, according to BIA Special Officer Chuck Trottier. The lab results confirmed the identification on Weds., Feb. 22, Trottier said.
Poplar volunteer firefighters were called to the fatal blaze at 3:40 a.m. on Feb. 10 that gutted the one-bedroom house, leaving only the outside walls standing. Red Thunder was found in-
side.
An autopsy conducted in Billings revealed that the man died of smoke inhalation, but his identity had remained a mystery for several days until the family of Red Thunder believed it was him. Red Thunder was buried by his family on Feb. 21.
Trottier said there is no firm answer on how the fire started in the abandoned house and the cause is still under investigation. There was no foul play involved, Trottier said.
The Poplar volunteer firefighters were also called
to a fire in the Fort Peck Housing Authority housing projects on the very west end of Poplar. Two of the home's occupants were hurt in the fire in the bedroom low rent house. Leola Lambert and her daughter were flown to a Billings hospital with injuries.
Trottier said it is still un-derdetermined what the cause of the fire was. Poplar Fire Chief Harold Iverson could not be reached for comment by press time.
photo - p. 4
Poplar men plead innocent to murder
Over 100 Sioux came to the evening council meeting.
Two Poplar men pleaded innocent Feb. 21 to separate charges of second-degree murder stemming from unrelated incidents in Poplar last December
Harold Dupree and Eugene L. Youpee were arraigned before U.S. District Judge Paul Hatfield.
They pleaded innocent and face March 27 trials.
Youpee was arraigned on the charge that he knifed Earlwin L "Davey" Muskrat, 25, of Poplar, on Dec. 30 in Poplar. According to court records, witnesses allegedly
saw Youpee pull a knife and run at Muskrat during an early morning house party.
Muskrat suffered a stab wound and died that afternoon at Wolf Point Trinity Hospital.
Youpee is being held on $10,000 bond with a 10 percent cash-bail required. Hatfield reduced bail from $30,000 during his arraignment hearing.
' Dupree, 29, is charged with second-degree murder for the alleged knifing of Roland Youngman, 23, Poplar, outside Megs Place Bar in Poplar on Dec, 25.
Dupree's wife, Jaunita Sue Dupree, 26, Poplar, pleaded innocent to felony assault in connection with the incident. Mrs. Dupree allegedly kicked Youngman in the head with her feet.
Dupree is being held on $10,000 bond with a 10 percent cash-bail required. Mrs. Dupree is free on her own recognizance. Both have March 27 trials set.
The maximum sentence Youpee and Dupree face is life imprisonment. Mrs.' Dupree could get a maximum sentence of a $1000 fine and five years in prison.
Poplar�The Fort Peck Sioux went on record to accept the Governments $39,749,700 settlement offer in Docket No. 74, for the second time and to support the South Dakota Sioux in their attempt to recover public lands in the Black Hills.'
An "emergency" Sioux General Council was called Feb. 15 by Sioux General Council chairman Albert Twin. Over 100 Sioux members gathered at the Poplar Culture Center, the most since the last time D74 was put
before them for a vote of acceptance.
At the end of the 3-hour meeting, the Sioux voted to again accept the settlement offer in D74; renew Ft. Peck Sioux attorney William Howard Payne's 2-year contract; to send a 4-man delegation to Washington DC, with two alternates to the delegation; and to support the Black Hills Steering Committee's attempt to recover public lands in the Black Hills for the Sioux Nation.
Docket 94 involves the Treaty of April 29, 1868 in which the United States Government acquired 48,142,000 acres of land from the Sioux Nation outside the Great Sioux Reservation. D 74 does not involve the Black Hills. The Black Hills claim is Docket no. 74b. In D 74, eight Sioux Tribes charge that the U.S. did not pay fair value for
(Cont.p. 7 -Sioux General Council)
Hollow denies supporting Reagan
Reservation juvenile delinquency on rise
The Juvenile Court of the Fort Peck Tribes is experiencing an increase in juvenile criminal, activity on the reservation and is taking steps to change the system including holding parents responsible for their children's actions.
According to Juvenile Judge Tom McAnally, "In the 5 months that I've been here (as juvenile judge), I've seen an increase in. juvenile activity to the point where I m seeing an average of 18 cases a week in court. The major cases seen in court range from alcohol and drug abuse, parent abandonment and neglect cases, and truancy."
For the first time, the Juvenile Court will begin bringing the parents of the youthful offenders into court in accordance with the tribal Code of Justice, Chapter 3, part F, section 4602-Failure to Support and Sec. 4603-Failure to Send to School, according to McAnally, who hears juvenile criminal cases in Wolf Point and Poplar tribal courts.
As the judge bringing the juvenile to court for violations, the juvenile can be put on probation, put in the juvenile Detention Center or sent to treatment as punishment for breaking the law,
McAnally said, but then they go right back into the same atmosphere at home that let them break the law in the first place. "Parents are not taking the initiative to have a home-type control of the child. The only alternative the court has is to hold the parent liable for their child's actions,"
McAnally said.
"Holding the parents has never really been enforced in the past, but now we know we can do it and it will be done," McAnally said. "A lot of kids wouldn't be seen in this court if the parents took the time to spend with the children and
(Cont.pg. 13)
by Minnie Two Shoes
The Chairman of the Pt. Peck Tribes Norman Hollow denies that he supported President Reagan in the last national election as was reported in an 8-part series of articles printed in the Denver Post from November 20-27 of 1983.
Hollow was visibly upset when asked by the WOTANIN if it were true he had supported Reagan. Hollow emphatically denied that he had made any statement such as this to the writer of the series of articles, which have been made into a special reprint in a magazine form called "The New Indian Wars". The articles were written by John Farrell and photographs were
by Jim Richardson, who spent
10 months researching,
photographing and writing
about the past, present and
future of native americans.
Their work took them more
than 35,000 miles to visit 21
tribes in 14 states. Hollow insists that not only
was he misquoted about supporting Reagan, he was also quoted out of context in the article when he complained about the lack of training available to Native Americans because of cuts in the federal budget for Native American programs. The article quotes Hollow as saying, "Do you know how hard it is to get a competent secretary on an Indian reservation?...I'm trying to run a tribal business
here - oil wells, an industrial park. I can't be correcting each letter for spelling and typing mistakes."
Hollow said he felt the writer was looking for him to make negative statements about the BIA, and the way they operate here on the reservation. Hollow said he gave the writer and photographer tours of the Poplar oil fields and the tribal A&S Industries.
Hollow said he told the writer that he felt that Reagan had gone against everything he said he would do for Indians when he was campaigning. "Every campaign
(Cont.p. 13 - Hollow)

Poplar rips Wolf Point
68-48
D 74 - one of two major claims against U.S. by Sioux
No oil yet at Wenona Well
POPLAR There is a slated showfrig of oi at tie Wenona Wei, Trbai Chatman Norman Hotow said, but to what extant, he said he dd not know as of press tkne late Thursday.
Hoftaw said he knows they have been doing testtig and vm soon be bokkrg over 1b logs, and when they do Ws, Jtb Tribes vM be ki a better position to know I foe is wei at tie Wenona Wei site, the fist ftly ttafly ftancsd wel undertaken by tB Fort Peck Tribes.
The Tribes afccated$6BQyOOO ii tribal monies to finance Wenona
The 01 and Gas Committee
� � � � � � � -� ���� |.� | r.I i
met benra dchbo floors on Thursday, Feb. 23, and could not be reached for comment Oi and Gas Consultant Jim Thar ton, ton Rterton, Wy, was meetu with tie conmRtee of tie Tribes charged with aw seeing ol and gas flevetepnent on the Fort Peck Reservation.
The 01 and Gas Committee and tie 01 and Gas office manager Ann Lambert were ki charge of hiring on tie ws$ TERO was not biudued Lam-
�- M - - -1-1 I, nl Um � �� � *---
Den couu not oe reacneo tor couiiiat after numerous at-tempts by tie Wotanki
25$
February 24, 1984
Vol. 15 No. 4
Sec. of Interior, oil co. named in suit by Tribes
by Minnie Two Shoes
The Ft. Peck Tribes went to the Federal court in Great Falls with.a lawsuit against several oil companies for their involvement with the leasing and development of tribal and allotted lands in the area on the reservation known as the Murphy Field. The suit calls for "a survey and an accounting of all oil and gas and oil and gas proceedings" said Tribal Attorney Marvin Sonosky in a telephone interview recently. The suit also asks for the recovery of certain lands and leases.
The lawsuit, filed Jan. 5, names the Secretary of the Interior for his failure to oer-form his responsibilities as the manager of oil and gas
development on the reservation on behalf of the Tribes and allotteed land owners, said Sonosky.
The Secretary of the Interior is charged with negotiating and setting up a unitization agreement, and then not monitoring the oil and gas production in that area, said Sonosky. "When you get a lease check, how do
you know it's right?" questioned Sonosky. The Tribes and the allotted land owners must depend upon the BIA to make sure that all is right when the oil companies come in with their lease rental and royalty checks. "They (the BIA) should be sueing the oil companies" said Sonosky, "not the Tribes."
The lands and leases in question are in an area northeast of Poplar known as the Murphy Field. Murphy Oil,
(Cont.p. 13 - Lawsuit)
Sioux Accept D 74 settlement offer, support Black Hills proposal
Poplar fire victim positively identified
Poplar�Positive identification through fingerprints by the FBIA lab In Washington, DC had confirmed that it was John Red Thunder's body that was found in a burning Poplar house Feb. 10, according to BIA Special Officer Chuck Trottier. The lab results confirmed the identification on Weds., Feb. 22, Trottier said.
Poplar volunteer firefighters were called to the fatal blaze at 3:40 a.m. on Feb. 10 that gutted the one-bedroom house, leaving only the outside walls standing. Red Thunder was found in-
side.
An autopsy conducted in Billings revealed that the man died of smoke inhalation, but his identity had remained a mystery for several days until the family of Red Thunder believed it was him. Red Thunder was buried by his family on Feb. 21.
Trottier said there is no firm answer on how the fire started in the abandoned house and the cause is still under investigation. There was no foul play involved, Trottier said.
The Poplar volunteer firefighters were also called
to a fire in the Fort Peck Housing Authority housing projects on the very west end of Poplar. Two of the home's occupants were hurt in the fire in the bedroom low rent house. Leola Lambert and her daughter were flown to a Billings hospital with injuries.
Trottier said it is still un-derdetermined what the cause of the fire was. Poplar Fire Chief Harold Iverson could not be reached for comment by press time.
photo - p. 4
Poplar men plead innocent to murder
Over 100 Sioux came to the evening council meeting.
Two Poplar men pleaded innocent Feb. 21 to separate charges of second-degree murder stemming from unrelated incidents in Poplar last December
Harold Dupree and Eugene L. Youpee were arraigned before U.S. District Judge Paul Hatfield.
They pleaded innocent and face March 27 trials.
Youpee was arraigned on the charge that he knifed Earlwin L "Davey" Muskrat, 25, of Poplar, on Dec. 30 in Poplar. According to court records, witnesses allegedly
saw Youpee pull a knife and run at Muskrat during an early morning house party.
Muskrat suffered a stab wound and died that afternoon at Wolf Point Trinity Hospital.
Youpee is being held on $10,000 bond with a 10 percent cash-bail required. Hatfield reduced bail from $30,000 during his arraignment hearing.
' Dupree, 29, is charged with second-degree murder for the alleged knifing of Roland Youngman, 23, Poplar, outside Megs Place Bar in Poplar on Dec, 25.
Dupree's wife, Jaunita Sue Dupree, 26, Poplar, pleaded innocent to felony assault in connection with the incident. Mrs. Dupree allegedly kicked Youngman in the head with her feet.
Dupree is being held on $10,000 bond with a 10 percent cash-bail required. Mrs. Dupree is free on her own recognizance. Both have March 27 trials set.
The maximum sentence Youpee and Dupree face is life imprisonment. Mrs.' Dupree could get a maximum sentence of a $1000 fine and five years in prison.
Poplar�The Fort Peck Sioux went on record to accept the Governments $39,749,700 settlement offer in Docket No. 74, for the second time and to support the South Dakota Sioux in their attempt to recover public lands in the Black Hills.'
An "emergency" Sioux General Council was called Feb. 15 by Sioux General Council chairman Albert Twin. Over 100 Sioux members gathered at the Poplar Culture Center, the most since the last time D74 was put
before them for a vote of acceptance.
At the end of the 3-hour meeting, the Sioux voted to again accept the settlement offer in D74; renew Ft. Peck Sioux attorney William Howard Payne's 2-year contract; to send a 4-man delegation to Washington DC, with two alternates to the delegation; and to support the Black Hills Steering Committee's attempt to recover public lands in the Black Hills for the Sioux Nation.
Docket 94 involves the Treaty of April 29, 1868 in which the United States Government acquired 48,142,000 acres of land from the Sioux Nation outside the Great Sioux Reservation. D 74 does not involve the Black Hills. The Black Hills claim is Docket no. 74b. In D 74, eight Sioux Tribes charge that the U.S. did not pay fair value for
(Cont.p. 7 -Sioux General Council)
Hollow denies supporting Reagan
Reservation juvenile delinquency on rise
The Juvenile Court of the Fort Peck Tribes is experiencing an increase in juvenile criminal, activity on the reservation and is taking steps to change the system including holding parents responsible for their children's actions.
According to Juvenile Judge Tom McAnally, "In the 5 months that I've been here (as juvenile judge), I've seen an increase in. juvenile activity to the point where I m seeing an average of 18 cases a week in court. The major cases seen in court range from alcohol and drug abuse, parent abandonment and neglect cases, and truancy."
For the first time, the Juvenile Court will begin bringing the parents of the youthful offenders into court in accordance with the tribal Code of Justice, Chapter 3, part F, section 4602-Failure to Support and Sec. 4603-Failure to Send to School, according to McAnally, who hears juvenile criminal cases in Wolf Point and Poplar tribal courts.
As the judge bringing the juvenile to court for violations, the juvenile can be put on probation, put in the juvenile Detention Center or sent to treatment as punishment for breaking the law,
McAnally said, but then they go right back into the same atmosphere at home that let them break the law in the first place. "Parents are not taking the initiative to have a home-type control of the child. The only alternative the court has is to hold the parent liable for their child's actions"
McAnally said.
"Holding the parents has never really been enforced in the past, but now we know we can do it and it will be done" McAnally said. "A lot of kids wouldn't be seen in this court if the parents took the time to spend with the children and
(Cont.pg. 13)
by Minnie Two Shoes
The Chairman of the Pt. Peck Tribes Norman Hollow denies that he supported President Reagan in the last national election as was reported in an 8-part series of articles printed in the Denver Post from November 20-27 of 1983.
Hollow was visibly upset when asked by the WOTANIN if it were true he had supported Reagan. Hollow emphatically denied that he had made any statement such as this to the writer of the series of articles, which have been made into a special reprint in a magazine form called "The New Indian Wars". The articles were written by John Farrell and photographs were
by Jim Richardson, who spent
10 months researching,
photographing and writing
about the past, present and
future of native americans.
Their work took them more
than 35,000 miles to visit 21
tribes in 14 states. Hollow insists that not only
was he misquoted about supporting Reagan, he was also quoted out of context in the article when he complained about the lack of training available to Native Americans because of cuts in the federal budget for Native American programs. The article quotes Hollow as saying, "Do you know how hard it is to get a competent secretary on an Indian reservation?...I'm trying to run a tribal business
here - oil wells, an industrial park. I can't be correcting each letter for spelling and typing mistakes."
Hollow said he felt the writer was looking for him to make negative statements about the BIA, and the way they operate here on the reservation. Hollow said he gave the writer and photographer tours of the Poplar oil fields and the tribal A&S Industries.
Hollow said he told the writer that he felt that Reagan had gone against everything he said he would do for Indians when he was campaigning. "Every campaign
(Cont.p. 13 - Hollow)